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Meaning of jape in English
Pronunciation
/dʒeɪp/
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Noun
jape
Etymology
Middle English: apparently combining the form of Old French japer‘to yelp, yap’ with the sense of Old French gaber‘to mock’
Definitions
1.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Examples
« he told a very funny joke »
« he knows a million gags »
« thanks for the laugh »
« he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest »
« even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point »